Author: Clyde McKeePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 12
Book Description
Broom Corn Production in Iowa
Author: Clyde McKeePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 12
Book Description
Broom Corn Production in Iowa
Author: Clyde McKeeBroom Corn and Brooms
Author: Daniel Edward JonesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
America's agricultural and industrial history intersect in the farmer's cultivation of broom corn, the farm family's production of brooms, and the subsequent move of broom corn production from a sideline to an industry in its own right. Broom corn was introduced in America in the mid- to late-eighteenth century. For the next century and a half, the broom corn and broom manufacturing industry mirrored the trends in agriculture and industry in America. The story of an industry's rise and decline can be told through the microcosm of the farmers that cultivated broom corn and the small business owners and operators in the shops and factories that produced brooms in the state of Iowa from approximately 1850 to 1950. At the center of the study is an ever-changing business model that reflected the development of an industry. Initially, farmers used a business model that had broom corn cultivation and small-scale broom manufacturing as a supplement to income from other agricultural products. Chapter two focuses on how farmers cultivated broom corn over time. By the mid-nineteenth century, this model was transitioning to a model where broom making was a legitimate occupation in itself. The federal census of Iowa in 1880, the subject of chapter three, revealed the occupational characteristics of a group of persons who recorded broom making as their occupation. By the start of the twentieth century, the industrial business model represented a distinct manufacturing industry, separate from agriculture. The various business models and their differences are discussed in chapter four through the differences between three families who manufactured brooms in Iowa. This study is the rise and fall of broom corn as an agricultural commodity in Iowa, coupled closely with the rise and fall of the broom manufacturing industry in Iowa. The trends at the local level revealed by this study will speak to the trends in agriculture and industry on the national level. As the first decade of the twenty-first century reaches its midpoint, individuals and small industries would be wise to remember the story of the rise and decline of the broom manufacturing industry in Iowa.
Broom-corn and Brooms : a Treatise on Raising Broom-corn and Making Brooms, on a Small Or Large Scale
Author: American AgriculturistPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Broom Corn
Author: William Rufus DodsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Broom Corn Production
Author: C. E. CarterBroom Corn
Author: Broom-Corn and Brooms - A Treatise on Raising Broom-Corn and Making Brooms, on a Small or Large Scale, Written and Compiled by the Editors of The American Agriculturist
Author: VariousPublisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1446547760
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
This vintage book contains a detailed treatise on harvesting broom-corn and making brooms on a small or large scale, written and compiled by the editors of “The American Agriculturalist”. “Broom-Corn And Brooms” contains all the information needed to make a range of old-style brooms, and will appeal to both those interested in making brooms and collectors of vintage literature of this ilk. Contents include: “Cultivation”, “Harvesting”, “Preparing for Market”, “Growing On The Large Scale”, “Making Brooms”, “Another Method”, and “Making Brooms by Machinery”. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on homesteading.
Annual Report of the Iowa State Agricultural Society
Author: Iowa State Agricultural SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 530
Book Description
An Economic Study of Broom Corn Production in Illinois
Author: Cary Davis PalmerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Broomcorn
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description